7.7. 7 “You’ll find reading your book over after a six-week layoff to be a strange, often exhilarating experience.” It's important to take a break between finishing writing and starting to edit.

7.9. 9 “Remember that word back. That’s where the research belongs: as far in the background and the back story as you can get it.”

7.10. 10 “You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you teach yourself.”

8. Harsh But Eye-Opening Writing Tips From Great Authors

8.1. The first draft of everything is shit. -Ernest Hemingway

8.2. Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass. -David Ogilvy

8.3. ...My advice to any young person who wants to write is: leave home. -Paul Theroux

8.4. You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ― Jack London

8.5. Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college. – Kurt Vonnegut

8.6. Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. – Mark Twain

8.7. Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers than you and there’ll always be smarter writers than you. There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that — but you are the only you. ― Neil Gaiman